Star Butler guard Rotnei Clarke was able to go through a light workout Sunday, roughly 24 hours after he struck the basket support head-first in a victory at Dayton and momentarily lost feeling in his arms and legs.

Clarke had an MRI exam Saturday evening, after initially being treated at a Dayton-area hospital and then traveling back to Indianapolis with the Butler team. He received treatment for his injured neck Sunday, but it’s not clear when he’ll be able to resume playing competitive basketball.

Rotnei Clark has a significant neck sprain. (AP Photo)

“The MRI confirmed the presence of a significant neck sprain. His spinal cord and cervical discs were viewed normal,” Butler head trainer Ryan Galloy said in the school’s release. “Right now, he’s sore and stiff, but he’s out of the collar. The next question is when he can resume contact.”

Clarke was fouled on a breakaway late in the first half of the Dayton game. After striking the support, he said he “couldn’t feel anything from the neck down. That’s what scared me the most. My body was just tingling.” He was on the floor for eight minutes and then was stretchered from the arena, by which time he said he’d started to recover feeling in his hands and later in his legs.

“I feel blessed to be walking,” Clarke said Saturday.

Clarke averages 16.3 points and 2.4 assists as point guard for the Bulldogs, who are 14-2 and ranked No. 14.